'Freeze! Put your hands up!' Oh, sorry By Michael Krikorian, Michael Krikorian covered street gangs and the LAPD for The Times. He recently completed his first crime novel, "The Southside of L.A.," and a children's book, "The Sunflower Who Loved the Moon."
How the UFW dug itself into a hole over water By Miriam Pawel, Miriam Pawel is the author of the forthcoming book "The Union of Their Dreams: Power, Hope, and Struggle in Cesar Chavez's Farm Worker Movement."